'Till I Collapse

2002 song by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"'Till I Collapse" is a song by the American rapper Eminem featuring Nate Dogg. It was originally released as a part of Eminem's fourth studio album The Eminem Show (2002). Without having been released as a single, the song charted numerous times worldwide and has become one of Eminem's most popular songs.

ReleasedMay 26, 2002 (2002-05-26)
Recorded2001
Length
  • 4:58 (album version)
  • 5:45 (instrumental version)
Quick facts "', from the album The Eminem Show ...
"'Till I Collapse"
Song by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg
from the album The Eminem Show
ReleasedMay 26, 2002 (2002-05-26)
Recorded2001
GenreRap rock
Length
  • 4:58 (album version)
  • 5:45 (instrumental version)
Label
Songwriters
ProducerEminem
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Background

Although it has never been released as a single, it has charted on a few occasions when other Eminem albums have been released.[1] In 2012, it was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 2,000,000 copies in the United States.[2] This was followed by quintuple-platinum in 2018 and octuple-platinum in 2022.[2]

The song interpolates the 1977 song "We Will Rock You" by British rock band Queen; as a result, Brian May is credited as a songwriter.[3]

Reception and legacy

In a retrospective review, David Drake of Complex highlighted "'Till I Collapse" as demonstrating Eminem's musical evolution on The Eminem Show, noting how the "increasingly dramatic production choices" on songs like "'Till I Collapse" show him "abandoning some of the more irreverent cartoonishness in favor of capital-I Importance". Drake commended "Nate Dogg’s urgent hook and some of the most elaborate-yet-purposeful rapping of Eminem’s career" as saving "what should have been a leaden monster, as the bass-heavy funk of the Bass Brothers and Dr. Dre was dropping away in favor of arena-ready epics".[4]

When Eminem's single "Shake That" (also featuring Nate Dogg) was released in 2006, several Eminem songs re-charted that same week, including "'Till I Collapse". It charted in the UK at number 192 on April 15, 2006.[1]

In 2009, it was used in an advertisement for the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It raised digital download sales of the song worldwide considerably,[5] but in Britain the song sold so many copies after the ad aired that it re-charted that week (November 21, 2009) at number 73, a new peak. The Major League Baseball pitcher Jesse Litsch used the song as his entrance music during the 2011 season.[6] In 2023, the song was used in the multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.[7] The Major League Baseball pitcher Justin Verlander uses the song as his entrance music.[8]

Charts

More information Chart (2006–2018), Peak position ...
Chart (2006–2018) Peak
position
Canadian Digital Songs (Billboard)[9] 30
Irish Singles Chart[10] 77
Slovakia Singles Digital (ČNS IFPI)[11]100
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[13]73
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[14]35
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More information Chart (2022–2023), Peak position ...
Chart (2022–2023) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[15] 92
Czech Republic Singles Digital (ČNS IFPI)[16]84
Germany (GfK)[17]99
Global 200 (Billboard)[18]115
Hungary (Single Top 40)[19]26
Slovakia Singles Digital (ČNS IFPI)[11]100
Portugal (AFP)[20]170
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[21] 82
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Certifications

More information Region, Certification ...
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22] 9× Platinum 630,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] 3× Platinum 90,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[24] Gold 30,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[25] 2× Platinum 180,000
Germany (BVMI)[26] 3× Gold 750,000
Italy (FIMI)[27] 2× Platinum 100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[28] 6× Platinum 180,000
Portugal (AFP)[29] 2× Platinum 80,000
Spain (Promusicae)[30] 2× Platinum 120,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] 3× Platinum 1,800,000
United States (RIAA)[2] 8× Platinum 8,000,000
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[32] Platinum 1,800,000
Greece (IFPI Greece)[33] Platinum 2,000,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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